All AFM articles – Page 69

  • Michael Shannon
    News

    Bloom boards Elvis & Nixon

    2014-11-06T01:10:00Z

    Michael Shannon will play Elvis Presley opposite Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon in the latest Bloom international sales title.

  • Ioanna Stais
    News

    Heretic starts new fest/sales consultancy

    2014-11-06T00:35:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Producers Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Athens-based Heretic Productions are teaming with Ioanna Stais to launch Heretic Outreach, a new initiative to help the global reach of innovative films from Southeastern Europe.

  • David Lipman, Producer - Caroline Norbury, Creative England CEO - Tom Payne, Actor - Jennifer Ackerman, Model
    Features

    Creative England and The Agency in LA

    2014-11-05T23:21:00Z

    Creative England and The Agency kicked off a week of Los Angeles activities with a reception at the British Consul General’s Residence on Monday evening.

  • Rooney Mara
    News

    Relativity, Voltage privy to The Secret Scripture

    2014-11-05T23:04:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Studios has acquired US rights from Ferndale Films and Jim Sheridan to The Secret Scripture, which Voltage Pictures has come on to sell internationally at AFM.

  • Matthew McConaughey
    News

    IM Global touts Free State Of Jones

    2014-11-05T21:23:00Z

    Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey will star for Gary Ross in the $65m Civil War drama The Free State Of Jones that has got tongues wagging at AFM.

  • Billy Crudup
    News

    Myriad gets in ring with Glass Chin

    2014-11-05T20:47:00Z

    Noah Buschel directed Glass Chin, which premiered at Tribeca and tells of a former boxing champion who falls on hard times and makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur to get back in the game.

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    News

    Scott Sava finds Chinese partners on Animal Crackers

    2014-11-05T19:28:00Z

    Scott Christian Sava and Animal Crackers Ltd are partnering with Beijing Wenhua Dongrun Investment Co and China Film Co Ltd on their animated feature Animal Crackers. Odin’s Eye handles international sales at AFM.

  • Naomi Watts
    News

    Naomi Watts is Shut In with EuropaCorp

    2014-11-05T19:00:00Z

    EuropaCorp swoops on buzzed-about David Linde thriller.

  • Black Beauty
    News

    Epic corrals Black Beauty for AFM

    2014-11-05T18:51:00Z

    Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales at the market on a contemporary adaptation of Black Beauty.

  • Chris Cooper
    News

    Chris Cooper to play JD Salinger

    2014-11-05T18:29:00Z

    Chris Cooper will play the reclusive author in Angel Grace Productions’ Coming Through The Rye.

  • Chloe Moretz
    News

    Lotus boards November Criminals

    2014-11-05T17:40:00Z

    Busy Lotus Entertainment will co-finance and co-produce Sacha Gervasi’s November Criminals starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Catherine Keener and has introduced to AFM buyers.

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    News

    Breakthrough, Anchor Bay dive into The Drownsman

    2014-11-05T16:38:00Z

    Anchor Bay has taken all rights in the US, UK and Australia/New Zealand to The Drownsman, which Breakthrough Entertainment is selling at the AFM.

  • Ray Bell
    News

    Cloud-based marketplace DFCN launches

    2014-11-05T15:00:00Z

    Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ray Bell has announced the commercial launch at AFM of cloud-based online marketplace Digital Film Cloud Network (DFCN).

  • Possessed
    News

    FilmSharks touts animation Possessed

    2014-11-05T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: FilmSharks International has come on to sell worldwide rights to the stop-motion feature Possessed (Pos Eso) from former Aardman Animations animator Sam.

  • Standoff
    News

    Voltage brings Standoff to AFM

    2014-11-05T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures arrives at the AFM with international rights to the thriller Standoff starring Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane.

  • Woody Allen
    News

    Woody, Quentin and Al align for AFM

    2014-11-05T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation has begun talks at the AFM on the upcoming untitled Woody Allen project, one of several new titles to emerge on the eve of the market.

  • Corin Hardy on set of The Hallow
    Features

    Corin Hardy, The Hallow

    2014-11-05T14:30:00Z

    Corin Hardy, a former Screen International Star of Tomorrow and director of The Hallow, tells Ian Sandwell about bringing a special intensity to his feature.

  • Xavier Gens
    News

    Lotus stakes claim to Crucifixion

    2014-11-05T14:30:00Z

    Lotus Entertainment kicks off pre-sales at AFM on the horror film from Xavier Gens and the producer behind horror hits Annabelle and The Conjuring.

  • Wuershan
    News

    IM Global scares up Ghouls

    2014-11-05T10:07:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: IM Global and China’s Wanda Media are teaming for worldwide sales, excluding China, for Wanda’s action adventure film The Ghouls.

  • Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon
    News

    Shannon, Weisz lead Joshua Marston drama

    2014-11-05T10:01:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Parts & Labor-produced English-language drama sold by Protagonist.